Scientists freeze molecule to almost absolute zero
Thanks
to Elsa's freezing powers lasers and some advanced techniques, a team
of MIT scientists has managed to freeze a molecule to 500 nanokelvins: a
temp that's nearly absolute zero. Not zero degrees Fahrenheit, but
absolute zero, which is around -4... Read More ...
Fox US Open broadcast has live VR streams, drones and 4K cameras
We
haven't connected cutting edge TV tech to golf much since 3D met the
Masters, but Fox is promising a live streaming virtual reality setup
this weekend during the US Open tournament. It's working with NextVR --
the same company that brought a Malib... Read More ...
Vimeo completely revamps its iPhone video editing app
Vimeo
has just released a redesigned Cameo video app, more than a year since
it purchased the startup. According to the company, it rebuilt the app
"from the ground up starting from scratch," though it retains its core
feature: the ability to create,... Read More ...
Ello's ad-free social network comes to the iPhone
When
Ello came into the social networking scene late last year as an ad-free
alternative to Facebook, it was pretty barebones in terms of features.
That didn't stop it from gaining hundreds of thousands of users in a few
short days and around a milli... Read More ...
Batteries that stretch are perfect for smart watches and clothes
Used
to be that the only time your lithium-ion batteries changed their shape
was when they were about to explode in an airliner cargo hold. But
thanks to the ingenuity of an Arizona State University research team,
future power packs could not only be... Read More ...
BlackBerry 10 phones get the Amazon Appstore in the US
If
you're a BlackBerry-toting American, you're about to get a ton of
Android apps on your plate. As promised, BlackBerry has started the US
rollout of an update that gives all BB10 devices access to the Amazon
Appstore, saving you from having to side... Read More ...
Tacos, burritos and unicorn emoji are coming, thanks to Unicode 8.0
The
Unicode Consortium unveiled its new emoji set as part of the standard's
version 8.0 update on Wednesday. Yes, that taco emoji we've all been
waiting for on bated breath has arrived and lo, it is glorious. Other
food-related icons include taco's b... Read More ...
Windows 10 streams Xbox 360 games to Oculus, too
You
read that headline correctly. With the Xbox 360 to Windows 10 game
streaming out in the open, it stood to reason that you'd be able to play
your collection of games from Microsoft's second Xbox on the Oculus
Rift too. We asked the virtual reality... Read More ...
'Final Fantasy VII': The challenge of remaking a classic
Almost
20 years later, Final Fantasy VII is being remade. It's no prequel,
sequel, gamified Advent Children thing. It's a proper darn remake. The
short trailer shown first at PlayStation's E3 2015 event was fairly
obtuse -- we don't even get to see t... Read More ...
'Yoshi's Woolly World' is the video game equivalent of a hug
I
am not what you would call a "hardcore gamer." I don't enjoy shooters; I
don't have the time for RPGs; and my last dance with open-world
gameplay was a 45-minute joyride through the faux-LA of Grand Theft Auto
V. But, oh, do I love me some Yoshi's ... Read More ...
Xbox 360 game-streaming is coming to Windows 10
As
if backward compatibility for Xbox One wasn't enough, Microsoft's also
going to let you stream those older games to Windows 10 PCs. In a
private demo of the Xbox One's revamped interface, the company confirmed
to Engadget that users will have acce... Read More ...
'Star Fox Zero' will drive you crazy, but in a good way
Last
E3, Shigeru Miyamoto, the famed Mario and Zelda creator, made it known
that Nintendo was well underway with a new Star Fox game for the Wii U.
So when the company kicked off its bizarro Muppets-themed E3 Nintendo
Direct earlier this week with th... Read More ...
Google wants you to follow hot search trends in real time
Never
mind waiting until after the fact to find out what people are searching
for online -- Google wants you to know what's hot right fricking now.
The internet giant has introduced real-time tracking to Google Trends,
so you can follow a search fren... Read More ...
Nest's smart thermostat will warn if your pipes are going to freeze
Nest
didn't just show off its first self-branded home monitoring camera and a
revamped smoke detector at its big event. The home automation firm also
gave its Learning Thermostat an update that, if you like, will warn you
if the temperature falls out... Read More ...
The world's thinnest light bulb is made from graphene
Forget
LED light bulbs... in the future, your lighting may be made from
carbon. Columbia University researchers have built a light bulb chip
that superheats graphene to produce illumination. While that's the same
basic concept that you see in an inca... Read More ...
Reddit announces it will encrypt site traffic data
Following
the lead of Google, Wikipedia and Facebook, Reddit announced on
Wednesday that it will begin encrypting all of its traffic by the end of
the month. Once July rolls around, users will see the increasingly
common HTTPS header in Reddit URLs. ... Read More ...
Cyberattack takes down Canadian government websites
It's
not just the American government that's facing withering internet
attacks in recent days. Canadian officials have confirmed that a
"cyberattack," likely a denial of service campaign, has taken down
government websites on the gc.ca web domain -- ... Read More ...
The best of Public Access Vol. 1
When
we introduced Public Access just over two weeks ago, we dubbed it
"community storytelling at its weirdest." It appears y'all took the
"weird" to heart. You told us your stories about "Growing up geek,"
showed off your haiku skills with poetic ta... Read More ...
Watch the first full-color HD videos of Earth from space
It's
no longer a challenge to get astonishingly sharp photos of the Earth
from space, but video? That's another matter. UrtheCast is about to open
the floodgates, however. It just released the first batch of
full-color, high-definition video of Earth... Read More ...
Twitter buys a machine learning company to better study your tweets
Twitter
thrives on its ability to understand both your tweets and the hot topic
of the day, and it needs every bit of help it can get -- including from
computers. Accordingly, the social network just snapped up Whetlab, a
startup that makes it easier... Read More ...
Microsoft's supersized Lumia 640 XL comes to AT&T
Microsoft
might have given the boot to device leader Stephen Elop, but it's still
going full steam ahead with its Windows phone launches. AT&T
has announced that it will carry the Lumia 640 XL, giving the carrier
its first gigantic Windows handset (5... Read More ...
'Kingdom Hearts 3' promises bigger, almost seamless, worlds
Blending
different fictional universes together is kind of a thing now in
gaming. However, Kingdom Hearts was fusing together the Final Fantasy
and Disney universes back in 2002. Before chewing director Tetsuya
Nomura's ear off about a Final Fantasy ... Read More ...
Honeywell gets YouTube videos to play over global in-flight WiFi
The
days of staying offline during your international flights might be
coming to an end. Honeywell and Inmarsat have successfully stress-tested
their global Ka-band satellite internet access in mid-air, doing
everything from streaming YouTube videos ... Read More ...
I got Holo-briefed on 'Halo 5'
Typically
E3's vision of the future is pretty shortsighted. But this year when I
stepped into a war room for a Halo 5: Guardians mission briefing, that's
when I knew that the gaming trade show's look at what's ahead extended
beyond just games that ar... Read More ...
What is consumer 3D printing good for?
As the co-founder and CEO of SOLS, a startup that manufactures custom 3D printed orthotic insoles using scans of customers' feet, Kegan Schouwenburg is frustrated that consumer 3D printing's most popular applicatio...
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